Perth: France will play in their third Hopman Cup final after Alize Cornet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat defending champions Spain 3-0 at the mixed teams tournament on Friday.
The French will face the top-seeded Polish pairing of Agnieszka Radwanska and Grzegorz Panfil in Saturday’s final.
France previously reached the title decider in Perth in 1998 and 2012.
Having won their first two group ties, the French simply needed to beat Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues and Daniel Munoz-De la Nava to qualify for the final.
Cornet, who lost her previous two singles matches this week, put them in front with an easy win over Medina Garrigues, 6-2, 6-2.
Tsonga then beat Munoz-De la Nava 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2 and the French pair polished off the tie 8-3 in a “pro-set” in the inconsequential mixed doubles. (AP)
